Hugo Ballot Announced

[grrm]

That Finnish Worldcon has announced this year's finalists for the Hugo Awards.

Comments

[seyera]

Since Helsinki is unusual in the way that not all convention guests will be lodging at the convention center's adjunct hotel, I wonder how all the parties - room and otherwise - will work?

[grrm]

Your guess is as good as mine.

Puppy contingent

[ext_462330]

Do you think its possible there is less Puppy influence this year because their ilk are pretty much running the country now and don't care about sweating the small stuff anymore?

Re: Puppy contingent

[grrm]

You'd have to ask a puppy.

Re: Puppy contingent

[sdschaffer]

Disillusionment may also be a culprit. The God-Emperor Trump has proven underwhelming so far, to say the least. I wouldn't be surprised if some have simply lost enthusiasm for the culture war against the SJWs and the snowflakes now that their hero's administration is proving as corrupt and incompetent as all signs should have told them it would be.

Re: Puppy contingent

[ext_3966624]

We should be very careful about creating black v. white, good v. evil categories. With the way some of the snowflakes have behaved at places like Berkeley, Middlebury, and Yale, it is really hard to tell which is which. Some of us are even tempted to argue the snowflakes/SJWs are the orcs! ;)

re: Hugos

[ext_3676966]

I too was happy to see the Puppies influence wane. I hope because everyone took care to vote the downpage categories, and not because the Puppies all got jobs in the Trump Government! I too got to nominate and at least one of my picks in each category got in. Thanks for your help, especially in the Long Editor section. It was hard to find out who edited my favorite books unless the author mentioned it in social media. Plus I have tickets for StokerCon so I see you later this month.

San Junipero

[ext_1539183]

San Junipero was so amazing, glad to see it get recognition out of all the other possible nominees out there. I'll still be rooting for Thrones of course!

Alfie Awards

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I thought your Alfie awards were really fun, and classed up the joint for a few years when they were sorely needed. I would really like to see them stick around for a while if there's a way to maintain the original spirit of the award in a year where the power of the slates has clearly ebbed.

P.S. I marvel every year at how many more books you are able to get through than I, but I have managed to keep up with Alyssa Wong's work and I'm super excited to see her recognized. She is top notch.